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Adapting the city

Adapting the city. Building & Infrastructure. Mike Kay. Network Strategic Director, Electricity North West. The challenge for the wires. Decarbonization of generation, of space heating, and of transport Managing more extreme weather – flooding and wind storms

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Adapting the city

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  1. Adapting the city

  2. Building & Infrastructure Mike Kay Network Strategic Director, Electricity North West

  3. The challenge for the wires • Decarbonization of generation, of space heating, and of transport • Managing more extreme weather – flooding and wind storms • Increase in average temperatures

  4. Electricity North West We serve only the North West of England and we are based here We serve approximately 5 million people at 2.4 million domestic and industrial locations £9bn of Network Assets58,000km of cable96 bulk supply substations363 primary substations34,000 transforming points

  5. Carbon A doubling of electricity usage by 2050? Smart grids; smart meters – smart cities Electric Vehicles Innovation – Capacity to Customers (C2C) to reduce the new build capacity needed; make it available quickly and without digging up the streets

  6. The weather • Electricity North West is defending its critical infrastructure • Significant investment in flood defences

  7. Ambient temperature Any rise in temperature is bad for electricity networks Load growth is a much bigger effect, and ambient temperature rise will be accommodated in our changes overall

  8. http://www.enwl.co.uk

  9. Adapting the city

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